The Florida Senate

731.110  Caveat; proceedings.--

(1)  If any creditor of the estate of a decedent is apprehensive that an estate, either testate or intestate, will be administered without the creditor's knowledge, or if any person other than a creditor is apprehensive that an estate may be administered, or that a will may be admitted to probate, without the person's knowledge, he or she may file a caveat with the court.

(2)  No caveat shall be effective unless it contains the decedent's social security number or date of birth, if known, as an identification number, a statement of the interest of the caveator in the estate, the name and specific residence address of the caveator, and, if the caveator, other than a state agency, is a nonresident of the county, the additional name and specific residence address of some person residing in the county, or of a member of The Florida Bar residing in Florida, designated as the agent of the caveator, upon whom service may be made.

History.--s. 3, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 85-79; s. 2, ch. 92-200; s. 948, ch. 97-102.